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From: thornton@ssc-vax.UUCP (Ken Thornton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Technical excellence in publishing (or a lack thereof)
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Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 15:04:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 11 15:04:31 1987
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Keywords: publications BYTE Dr. Dobb's


Some recent revealing comments:

> >>> Dr. Dobb's have chosen to largely ignore technically superior machines

> See his column in Infoworld this week ? Raving about the Atari ST and
> all but dismissing the Amiga as an "Artists machine".

> >A note to Commodore:
> >
> >Hurry up with that 2000, friends.  Get it in the stores, the mail-order
> >houses, and in people's awareness.  And, for goodness' sake:
> >
> >*** A D V E R T I S E ***  the Amiga!  Advertise it!  Then Advertise it!
> >And Advertise it some more.  Ever notice?:  IBM advertises, in a BIG way.
> >Ever notice?:  They're bigger than you, getting bigger still, and thriving.


What conclusions can be drawn? Perhaps that:

   1. Commodore does not heavily advertise the Amiga in the US
   2. Publishers are to some degree responsible to their advertisers
   3. ..and therefore publishers have largely ignored the Amiga

I too think it's a damn shame.



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